If anyone should know about setting the bar high and believeing that no goal is unreachable, regardless of how outrageous it might seem to others, it’s Manning — who was responsbile for one of the most unexpected championship runs in NCAA tournament history by willing his Jayhawks to the 1988 national title.… Read More »

The Wake Forest basketball team began the New Year on Sunday with a home game against Louisville, the nation’s fifth-ranked team. Tonight the Deacons face an even more difficult test in No. 2 Duke. After a third straight home game against Georgia Tech this weekend, Wake makes a trip to Syracuse before finishing its early January gauntlet with a game against North Carolina at Joel Coliseum.… Read More »

Coach Mark Gottfried’s young team has already had five different players lead it in scoring this season while sprinting out of the gate to a promising start. Saturday, it was senior Ralston Turner’s turn to carry the bulk of the load in Saturday’s 78-65 win against Wake Forest… Read More »

Normally when a new coach takes over a program in the throes of a long NCAA tournament drought, he’s forced to start over from scratch with a cupboard that is essentially bare. That’s not the case with Wake Forest’s Danny Manning.… Read More »